Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Up your game with some obscure charring materials!

Any living or previously living organism on this planet that is rich in carbon, something we call a carbonaceous material, can be reduced to char for fire-steel ignition. Moss, algae, seaweed, flowers, tree bark, sticks, chestnut husks, fungus, leaves... they can all be turned into char and ignited.

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